Are mosquitoes from lower latitudes smaller?

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-223

  Silver, J B ^a   Renshaw, M ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Body size; Culicidae; Latitude; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULICIDAE; FEMALE;

EID: 0033133910     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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